[Leica] Which Leica R tele-zoom?

[photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest)]

I'll stick with my current 80-200 f/2.8 AFD.

Phil Forrest



On Sun, 4 Nov 2012 14:07:51 -0600 (CST)
grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:

> They (Nikon) just introduced a 70 - 200 f4 which is priced at $1399.
> I would think you could find the 80 - 200 R lens for far less than
> $1600.
> 
> Gene
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2012 12:42:54 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada
> Central Subject: Re: [Leica] Which Leica R tele-zoom?
> 
> All things are relative....
> 
> Expensive = $5K
> Economical = $1.6K
> 
> Isn't there some Nikon lenses in the range at the same or lesser price
> points?  And they would offer automatic aperture operation as well....
> 
> And if you have an AF camera, that too.....
> 
> It is nice to have Leica optics, but hardly a requirement....
> 
> Frank Filippone, repenting after his blasphemous comments......
> Red735i at verizon.net
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Vick Ko
> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2012 8:47 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Which Leica R tele-zoom?
> 
> The best zooms in the R line in that range are the 70-180 f2.8 Vario
> APO Elmarit and 80-200 f4 Vario-Elmar lenses.
> 
> The 70-180 is expensive but stellar
> 
> The 80-200 is economical and stellar.
> 
> Vick
> 
> 
> On 11/3/2012 10:54 PM, Phil Forrest wrote:
> > I see there are two Leica R versions of the tele-zoom in the 70-200 
> > range. One is a 70-210 f/4 the other is 75-200 f/4.5. What is the 
> > difference between the two besides the obvious technical ones? Are 
> > they good performers? I notice that these are quite inexpensive
> > these
> days.
> >
> > Finally, would one of these perform better than the Nikkor 80-200 
> > f/2.8 AFD?
> >
> > My thought is for use on a D2X. The Nikon lens offers outstanding 
> > performance and full metering function in all modes with the D2x.
> > It's a stop faster as well.
> >
> > The Leica lens is a fully manual lens (I love manual focus, by the
> > way so that's not a deterrent) and might have better optics but
> > would limit me to stop down metering.
> >
> > I'm curious about your thoughts.
> > Thanks all!
> >
> > Phil Forrest
> >
> 
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